In this splendidly bittersweet romantic comedy, enemies forced together by a mutual loss are led on a cross-country journey toward a second chance.
Maddie Sanderson would be proud to honour her older brother’s dying wish, that she scatters his ashes over eight destinations that the adventurous 29-year-old never got to visit before he died from cancer. But in his will, Josh assigned her an impossible partner to help complete the mission – Dominic Perry. Seriously, if Maddie weren’t already at his funeral, she would have killed him for this.
Sure, Dom was Josh’s life-long best friend. He’s also the infuriating man who broke Maddie’s heart back when she was naive enough to give it to him. But since Dom insists on following the rules and Josh didn’t leave much room for Maddie to argue the matter, they embark together on a series of farewell trips that span thousands of miles, exploring new places and revisiting their complicated history along the way.
After a snowstorm leads to a shared bed, Maddie starts to wonder if her brother might be matchmaking from the grave. But when grief also reopens old wounds between them, Maddie will need more than Josh’s ghostly guidance to trust Dom again.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Imprint: Quercus UK
Publication date: 08/04/2025
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By Lauren Connolly
Review by Lou
A heart-wrenching story of 2 exes finding their way back to each other through grief. Maddie and Dominic are exes tied together through Maddie's late brother and Dominic's best friend Josh. Josh's dying wish was for his sister and best friend to spread his ashes at several locations across the world he never got to visit. As the two travel and read the letters Josh left them, they start rekindling old feelings and acknowledging where their own relationship went south. Through reminiscing both fond and agonizing memories while grieving the loss of their loved one, Maddie and Dominic find comfort and peace in each other and rediscover a lost love.
